Pregledni rad
Collective tagging and libraries
Branka Purgarić-Kužić
Sažetak
The article deals with the rapidly spreading phenomenon of collective tagging and its impact on library community. The term collective tagging implies the method of organization which is used in order to organize, preserve, search, and exchange the constantly increasing number of web resources. In the process of collective tagging the end-users are those who index web resources (favorite links, websites, online photographs, videos, etc.) by adding key words/tags which constitute folksonomies. The article draws a comparison between traditional subject indexing and collective tagging with reference to their advantages and disadvantages, and presents, with examples, the possibilities to improve folksonomy with the help of taxonomy. The second part of the article briefly describes some of the best-known web services which provide collective tagging (Delicious, Library Thing, Flickr) as well as some libraries which provide their users with the option of online collective tagging of library holdings. It is concluded that although collective tagging cannot replace the already existing professional tools and methods of organizing knowledge, it can serve as their supplement, thus contributing to better organization and availability of web resources.
Ključne riječi
collective tagging; subject indexing; tags; folksonomy; web resources; libraries; end-users
Hrčak ID:
80048
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.5.2012.
Posjeta: 2.354 *